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Hi all,
I am a member of the Calorie Restriction Society list as well as
(newly) this list.
Many of the members there buy and use konjac powder in *pounds*.
It is used to make konjac jello, pudding and other food items like
konjac rice.
I don't think the konjac business will suffer from one Japanese
candy maker.
To see the list of konjac foods some of the CR folks make see:
regards,
Alison Robinson
In a message dated 10/15/2008 11:23:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
ju-bo@msn.com writes:
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> Date: Tue,
14 Oct 2008 13:33:46 +0900
> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
> From:
pjm@gol.com
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Food maker halts jelly production (bad
news for konnyaku)
Dear All,
This is so stupid that it makes me
cringe! !7 children and ''seniors'' in 13 years reportedly
die from choking on konnyaku candy. It would be of great interest to see
how many died from say choking on whale meat, or a fish bone, or any food
product or hard candy, or from eating puffer fish in the same time
period. Are ANY of these other items banned? I bet
not! I wish that the ''powers'' that be would just stop trying to
save me/us from
ourselves!
Julius
WPB,
FLORIDA
>> Japan
Times
>
> (9th October 2008, front page, a national
English-language daily):
>
> Food maker halts jelly
production
>
> 17 children, seniors choked to death on 'konnyaku'
since '95.
>
> MannanLife Co., Japan's largest maker of
"konnyaku" (devil's tongue)
> jelly, said it halted production and
shipment of all products
> Wednesday....
>
> Article by M.
Matsutani and A. Martin
>
> +++++++++++
>
> My
thoughts: those jellies were badly-designed, over-packaged,
>
over-processed mouth-sized, throat-blocking products.
>
>
Konnyaku (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) itself is a great plant, and
>
the traditional jelly product comes in safe large blocks or as
>
noodles that can be used in dozens of ways in ordinary Japanese
>
cooking. We can find it in every supermarket, and although the mannan
>
has no direct nutritional role (it is indigestible), the jelly (more
>
like soft rubber) does fill the belly and helps digestion generally.
>
It is probably the original slimming product.
>
> Peter
>
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>
>
>
> Peter Matthews (Dr)
> Field
Sciences Laboratory
> Department of Social Research
> National
Museum of Ethnology
> Senri Expo Park, Suita City,
> Osaka
565-8511, Japan
>
> Tel. +81 6 6876-2151 (exchange)
> Tel.
+81 6 6878-8344 (my office, direct)
> Fax +81 6 6878-7503
>
> Sites
>
> The Research Cooperative
>
http://www.cooperative.ning.com
>
> National Museum of
Ethnology
> http://www.minpaku.ac.jp
>
> Staff page
>
http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/staff/matthews/
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